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LINKS

Links to useful websites:

The following links contain information about diabetes. 

 

  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - has the medical rules for driving with specific health problems
  • Eating 4 Health - a UK site offering detailed advice on healthy eating with specific disorders, including diabetes, written by nutrition experts
  • Feet for Life - advice for diabetics on keeping your feet healthy
  • Glycemic Index - an Australian site of a  database of foods with their nutrition status, especially their effect on blood sugar levels
  • Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust - an International site providing information on many aspects of diabetes especially for those experiencing adverse effects with GM 'human' insulin and advice for children and parents.
  • National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases has patient education handouts on diabetes in Cambodian, Chinese, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Hmong, Ilokano/Filipino, Korean, Laotian, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, and Vietnamese; as well as English-language handouts targeted towards various audiences (AAPI, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Indian, Japanese, & Korean)

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National contacts:

  • Alström Syndrome UK, 49 Southfield Avenue, Paignton, Devon TQ3 1LH Tel: 01803 524238 Alstrom Syndrome Helpline: 01803 524238 Email info@alstrom.org.uk Hold a National Alstrom Syndrome UK medical screening clinic every year at Birmingham Children's Hospital
  • Diabetes UK, Macleod House, 10 Parkway, London NW1 7AA Tel. 020 7424 1000 Careline: 0845 120 2960 Email info@diabetes.org.uk  
  • Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust, PO Box 294, Northampton, NN1 4XS Tel. 01604 622 837 Email: enquiries@iddtinternational.org 
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 19 Angel Gate, City Road, London EC1V 2PT Tel: 020 7713 2030 Email: info@jdrf.org.uk Dedicated to finding a cure for type 1 (juvenile) diabetes through the support of research. JDRF provides information about the progress of diabetes treatments and research as well as information on different aspects of diabetes.
  • The MedicAlert Foundation, 1 Bridge Wharf, 156 Caledonian Road, London N1 9UU Tel: 020 7833 3034 Freephone: 0800 581420 Email: info@medicalert.org.uk The MedicAlert provides a life-saving body worn identification service to individuals with hidden medical condition(s) and / or allergies. Healthcare and emergency professionals can access a Member’s personal and medical details at any hour by reverse charge call from anywhere in the world

Other information sources:

  • Search the BBC news for latest news about diabetes
  • Become an Expert Patient - Attend an Expert Patients course and take control of your long-term condition. Find ways to control your symptoms so you can live the life you want. Expert patient courses take place over six weeks (2.5 hours a week) and are led by people who, themselves, live with a long-term medical condition.
  • Diabetes UK  has culturally sensitive information in translated leaflets, audio tapes, video, DVD and newsletters available in some or all of these languages: Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi, Chinese, Somali and Arabic. All of the above are free and can be ordered by sending an email to diabeteslifestyle@diabetes.org.uk or call Juliet on 020 7424 1108
  • Electronic Medicines Compendium contains Patient Information Leaflets on many medicines
  • Medical Dictionary
    • CKS - NHS site with patient information leaflets on: blepharitis, cataracts, chalazion, conjunctivitis, corneal injury, dry eyes, ectropion, entropion, eye drops, glaucoma, short sight - myopia, squint, stye, subconjunctival haemorrhage, tear duct blockage.
    • Eyewise - a UK site written by an ophthalmologist at Victoria Hospital in Blackpool with information about many eye disorders including: diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and links to other eye hospital (Moorfields Eye Hospital and Oxford Eye Hospital) information sheets on blepharitis, dry eyes, ptosis, squint, herpes, floaters and retinal detachment
    • International Glaucoma Association - the site has very detailed information on all aspects of glaucoma and its treatment
    • Patient UK - information factsheets written by doctors on: blepharitis, cataracts, chalazion, conjunctivitis, corneal injury, dry eyes, ectropion, entropion, eye drops, glaucoma, hayfever, iritis, short sight - myopia, squint, stye, subconjunctival haemorrhage, tear duct blockage.

     

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